Our "Egg-cellent" Easter

 We spent Saturday over at Waylen's parents. We had a barbecue for lunch with his family, and his Aunt Nancy, her new husband, and two of her daughters were there, and his Uncle Terry and his cousin Trinette's family too. After lunch, the kids had the Easter egg hunt. They had lots of eggs to find, it seemed like close to 300!! Katie loved the egg hunt and it didn't take her long to catch on to what to do. She would pick up an egg and shake it to see if it had coins in it or candy. She was so cute.

And of course, Hayden and Kayla had fun too.

They all found lots of eggs, and each ended up with over $5. The rest of the afternoon, we spent visiting with family and the kids had lots of fun playing with their cousins. And they even enjoyed playing outside although it was really cold that day. Later in the afternoon, the kids dyed eggs and as always they enjoyed that too.

We stayed over there visiting until after 9 that night. --The kids were excited to see what the Easter Bunny had brought them.

They each got an outfit, a movie (a book for Katie), snacks, and candy. Hayden was really excited that he had gotten Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2. After finding the eggs that the Easter bunny had hidden, we had to get ready for church. The kids all looked so cute in their new dresses and suit.

But I couldn't get a good picture of them. They would not cooperate at all. One of them was mad for all of the pictures, if it wasn't Katie is was Kayla. Hayden was good, but he wouldn't smile, he had a goofy grin in all of them. Oh, well, I guess it makes memories!!

Viva Las Vegas!!

Waylen and I were able to go on a little vacation on the 3rd - 7th of April to celebrate our 10 year anniversary (a year late). We left on Sunday morning for VEGAS!! We went over to Pueblo and ran a few errands, then our flight was scheduled to leave at 6:30, but it was late leaving. We ended up getting into Vegas around 8, about 30 minutes behind schedule. But by the time we got our bag, picked up the rental car, and got checked in at our hotel (which was Treasure Island) - it was almost 10. We walked down the Strip to a Denny's and had a little something to eat, then we walked around until past midnight checking out some of the casinos.

The next day we went and checked out the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop (where the show Pawn Stars is filmed)

Definitely doesn't look that crowded on the show!! LOL

Then we headed over to check out the Stratosphere

View of our hotel from the top of the Stratosphere:

Waylen did the "Big Shot" ride on the top:

 I wasn't a very big shot!! I am a weakling when it comes to stuff like that. After his ride, we grabbed something to eat before moving on to check out some more sites. We went back to our hotel later in the day, and relaxed in the pool and hot tub for an hour or so. Then, we had dinner at one of the restaurants at our hotel before we headed back out. We looked around a couple of other places before going over to our helicopter ride. The ride was fun and the Strip at night is amazingly beautiful with all the lights.  But unfortunately I wasn't able to get a very good picture. After our helicopter ride, we went back and again checked out some more of the casinos.

We went to New York - New York

the Luxor

the Excalibur

and more!!  We walked around until late again that night. 

The next morning, we went and did a time share presentation and we got back to our hotel from that around 12:30, then we had lunch at the buffet at our hotel. We then headed back out to take a look around (there is so much to see there, it is crazy!!) - we ended up walking down one side of the strip for what seemed like 2 miles. We checked out the big Coca Coca Store, the M & M store, a big mall attached to Planet Hollywood, and more. Then we crossed over to the other side and had to walk back - we didn't check out as much on this side - since we had already seen some of it the night before - and we were tired and ready to get back to our hotel. We got back around 4:30, and headed down to the pool for about an hour or so. Later, we got ready to go to the Phantom of the Opera (we had gotten free tickets from doing the time share presentation), which started at 7. It was a great show and we had great seats. I just wish I could have understood all the songs they were singing. After the show, we went back over to our hotel, and ate at Gilley's there. We were pretty tired by then, so we didn't do any more site seeing that night. 
On Wednesday, we got up and went to the Hoover Dam, which was about 30 miles away. That was really neat to see.

We were there for a couple of hours, then we stopped and had lunch at an A & W, then stopped at a Bass Pro Shops on our way back to the hotel. The Bass Pro Shops was really cool with a huge fish tank it in,

and then the casino attached to the shop had a huge aquarium in it. Hayden would have loved to be there!! 

After we got back to Vegas, we went to the temple and did an endowment session. 

That evening, we went and ate at Outback Steakhouse, then went back to the mall by our hotel and did some souvenir shopping. Then we went down to Freemont Street to check it out.

Then at 10 that night, we went to a comedy hypnosis show. It was really funny. We got out of it around 11:30, so we headed back to our hotel and called it a night. We got up the next morning,packed up, and checked out around 10:30, then went to an IHOP to eat. It was our first breakfast in 3 days!! After eating, we decided to go ahead and head over to the airport to return the car and get checked in. It was a good thing we did because it took us an hour to get checked in. -- It was so much fun that week, and I guess we'll have to do it again in another 10 years! But it was good to get home, and we were glad to see the kids and they were glad to see us!!

Hayden's 7th Birthday

On the 26th of March we celebrated Hayden's 7th birthday.

Papa Larry, Uncle Tyler, Hailee, Lexie, Uncle Justin, Aunt Diana, Ronan, Sophie, and Grandpa Snuffy were all able to celebrate with us.

Hayden got a marshmallow gun from Hailee and Lexie, a laser tag game from Ronan and Sophie, money from the Snuffy's, a Wal-mart gift card from Papa Mike & Nana, and a Nintendo DSi from us. Plus, after Grandma Debby got back from Colorado Springs with Grandma Snuffy, he got a Broncos Tebow jersey from her and Papa Larry. He had been wanting one and was so happy that he finally had one. Plus, Uncle Tyler had given him a John Deere hat and shirt that morning when he and Dad went to Alamosa to spend the morning together. He loved those too and had to wear the shirt to his party, even though it was too big for him. He didn't care!!

 It was a fun party, and of course we had to have a pinata. What's a party without one?

Then, on Hayden's birthday (the 29th) I took cupcakes to his class that afternoon, and that night we met Waylen after work and went to eat at Pizza Hut. Then we went over to Wal-mart and let Hayden get a toy with his gift card - he ended up picking a Hot Wheels track and more Hot Wheels. Imagine that!! That kid loves Hot Wheels. I think he had a pretty good birthday!!  I just can't believe that he is already 7, where did the time go?